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On the evaluation of the confluent hypergeometric function

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

L. J. Slater
Affiliation:
The Mathematical LaboratoryCambridge

Abstract

This paper contains a table of the confluent hypergeometric function over the range a = − 1·0(0·1) + 1·0, b = 0·1(0·1)1·0, x= 1·0(1·0)10·0, and the expansions in converging factors by means of which the accuracy of the asymptotic expansions for higher values of x can be improved.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1953

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